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Lyon & Turnbull's Head of Jewellery, Ruth Davis FGA DGA, with The Abernethy Pearl. Credit: Stewart Attwood.

Largest Scottish freshwater pearl in living memory to be sold at auction

Arts & Antiques | Culture

Scotland’s largest freshwater pearl, the largest in living memory, is going under the hammer - and could fetch £60,000. Discovered in 1967, the Abernethy Pearl,...

National Galleries of Scotland. An Irish Impressionist: Lavery on Location. Credit Neil Hanna

Take a voyage of discovery with Glasgow Boy Sir John Lavery

Arts & Antiques | Culture

His travels took him from Belfast to Scotland and New York, via Paris and Morocco. But Glasgow Boy Sir John Lavery never travelled without his...

Children’s book review: The Highland Cowgirl and The Great Auk’s Great Escape

Books | Culture

Izzy Alexander takes a look at two new children's picture books by debut author Louisa MacDougall. The Highland Cowgirl by Louisa MacDougall is a...

Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 5 shows to see this year

Culture

Looking for something to see at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, but not sure where to start? We take a look at five shows...

The Good Books, Daniel Aubrey: ‘I started writing crime fiction because of Harlan Coben. Damn, that man can write a plot twist’

Books | Culture

Daniel Aubrey has been shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Debut Prize with his crime fiction novel, Dark Island. The first book I remember reading:...